#73859D#73859D

#73859D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.042 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73859D
RGB	rgb(115, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(214, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(214, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -0.85, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 14.97, 266.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0104 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.042 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5419, 22.8535, 35.1679)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73859D #9D8B73

analogous

#739A9D #73859D #76739D

triadic

#73859D #9D7385 #859D73

tetradic

#73859D #9D739A #9D8B73 #739D76

square

#73859D #9D739A #9D8B73 #739D76

split-complementary

#73859D #9D7673 #9A9D73

monochromatic

#3E4958 #57677C #73859D #97A4B6 #BBC4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#73859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#73859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #73859D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73859D	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#678A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.042 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ca8ba',
    500: '#73859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73859d;
$custom-light: #9ca8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61093,
    "c": 0.04219,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73859D

secondary

#BFB7AD

accent

#996DBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #73859D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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